IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunoelectrophoresis mean? 

• IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS (noun)
  The noun IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS has 1 sense:

1. electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("immunoelectrophoresis" is a kind of...):

cataphoresis; dielectrolysis; electrophoresis; ionophoresis (the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode)

 Context examples 

An enhancement of immunoelectrophoresis in which a series of post-electrophoretic gel slabs are layered with cellulose-acetate gels saturated with specific antibodies.

(Immunofixation, NCI Thesaurus)